Machine for lettering hat bands and the like



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MACHINE FOR LETTERING HATIBANDISV ANb THE LIKE 6 Sheets-Sheet 1 FiledDec 28, 1929 s v -w 301745,; 5, nae MW 3 y i 1,935. 'B. B. KENDIG 2,007,110

MACHINE FOR LETTERING HAT BANDS AND THEVLIKE V I 6 Sheets-Sheet 2 FiledDec. 23, 1929 lV/f/VESS -..Eerz

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MACHINE. FOR LETTERING HAT BANDS AND THE LIKE Filed Dec. 28, 1929 I sSheets-$115191. 5

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(53W I 4rram sx Patented 1935 I I meme v V y Benton EKendi StatenIM v A.I i a ri to Universal-Publiahlngiisyndlcate, Philadel- 5.. phia,la.*,a-'corporation Pennsylvania n L YA pplicati n DecemberQS, 1923 NAHQMB a H I .scmmwcimw-say k .a The principal obitpffthepresentfinvention Fig. 15 isa view principallyin elevation and is to provide amachine for lettering'hatnsweat partly in section illustrating means forvertically bandsand the like which shall be of simple co'nspacingthelettering. f struction and easy oi operationgand inwhich V Fig. 16 isan end viewoi. the same. H I. A v 6 theQtype can bereadilychangedandinwhich 1 vFig. 17 isa sectinal view "on the lineIT-ell 5 the platen and article carried byit isaiitbmatiot li'ig.]l6.f

oally fed a distance, equalto 'or fappropriatefor Fla-1 8 isiasection online '|8l 8, Fig; 15. the width of theparticular, letterjor-character Fi.1! .15 Vi s m a tq e 6 a illus- V to be printed, A v A it I .trating amodiflcationf l I .iO In a machine embodying features of the 1 in- .Fig.20 is a 'fac'e'wiew lool iing'fjromthe right 10 vention the deed ot theplaten is such, that towards the left handt portion of Fig; 19. eitherthe characters, or the type, as desired, Fig.v 21 isan elevationalviewpartlyin section are properly, spacedv notwithstanding variationsillustratinga detail offconstruction and in their width and there areautomatic 'mea'ns 'Fig.'22 is a topfor'plan view illustrating the forcorrelating the distance thatthe platen is ma chine.-

1 i 1. p 1 fed and the letter or character that is to.be Referring tot'he drawingsand more particuprinted aiter such feed; has voccurred.larly to Figs. -1 to 11," lfindicates the. base of the Other objectsptthe invention will appear machine, and the base @i "provided withtoothed from the following description at, the end of racks 2 whichareshcwn asjequipped with tracks which the inventionwill beclaimed. 3. 4There isaturnableplaten 4 mounted on the 20 n In the followingdescription reference willbe base. The platen. is provided .with meansfor madev togthe; accompanying drawings forming turning it about itscentertas an axis :in the one part hereoiand" in which t directionofrotation, and for permitting o1 its -Figure lflisianelevationalview,principally in' -being returned to the positionirom whichit centralsection, ota machine embodying tea started These means'are shown asaball clutch 5 v Ztures,otthe-invention, a 1 drive .0 which he drivi memr a d Fig.2"is an end view oi the semen oi. which-1 is a driven member.The clutch t hat' Fig t is a sectionalview taken on the line (carriesthe ballsis} indicated at ,8. fA's seen in 3, 3,of Fig.,'1. I

Fig. 11;, driving rnember .Shas indentations or .30 Fig.4 isasectionalview taken generally on grooves 88 therein which are,;.-narrowerat onethe Iine-H oiF'ig. 1with;partsin,dii!erent end than the other.. Theclutch balls 9] ride positiong n a g v e v 'inthe notches or grooves.when driving mem- Fig. 7 5 is "a view partly. in sectionlillustrativeBis rotated counter-clockwise as seen in Fig. of a detail andhereinaiterrei'erredto. 1 filL'balls 91 ride up in the narrow part 01' groove a -36F18, a view drawn toan enlarged scale 86 andclamp the drivingmember Sand driven 5 and showing-in section and-felevation ieatures r member,'together' thereby turning shaft 4 theinventionvand illustrating ahaifot the rovtt'hichais keyed to drivenmember 1, when it.- is .tatingparts. h s V i a fdesired to rotate'shatt4 and theplaten mounted h Fi 7.1 t p or plan view oiv aportion, of the thereon without disturbing theposition of driv- 40 type wheel shown-in.F 'ig 6. v :ing membertpushrod-Siis pushedinward as 40 vFig. 8 1 is apIan view showingmoreparticu seen in Fig. 21, thus moving driving me'mber; 6 larly leaffeeding devices. 1 I v v to the left alongshaft 4 against the tension 01Fig. 9 is an elevationj drawnip an,enlagged ;the.unnumbered springwandthereby permit- -.sc a le, partlyin section, showing the-same. itingdriven member 'I.andponsequentlyshaft 4 1 ,15 Fig}. lilisaperspective view'oi -one ot the to berotatedwithoutchanging thepositionpf parts shownin l ig. 9. q driving member 6. 9 is-a'rod orshaftmounted vFig. llis a detailviewoi a part oia feeding g on toothedrockers .lii adapted tov roll on the clutch. y g Y racks 2 and tracks3,and it is-provided with an 1 fFig.v 12 is, an ,elevational: viewillustrating a operating handle There is'a driving element inmodification of the invention. g H 12-tast-on theshaitjS and asshown thehandle f iB- 13 18a View of a and band, the latter I I, is connectedwith it. i 3 is a type orcharlettered by a machine embodying features ofthe acter wheel turnable in respect to the driving invention. e telement and shown as turnably mounted'on the 1 I Fig. 14 is a detailviewillustrating a diilerent shaft 9. i The type wheel is providedwithqoparrangement'oi ,4 v I I i I jpositely disposed printing (or inthe case oifga is turnable. By means of an arm is on the rod 3 II, and alink 2|, Pig. 2, the driving element 8 of the platen clutch drive isoperatively .con-

nected with the lever II. II indicates a series of pins corresponding tothe various type elements and carried by the type wheel and arrangedeccentrically in respect to the center ofthe shaft 0, Fig. 4, and which,when projected into. the

path of the lever II, or more accurately, the wall 22 of the notchedpart thereof, operateor are adapted to turn the lever II for difierentdistances andthen toclearjit. so. that the platen is turned differentdistances at various movements of the driving element II. In furtherexplanation-it may be said that thecenter ll about which the lever llturns, and the center! about w oh the type wheel turns, are spaced fromeach other, so that the arcs described by the part 22 of the lever andby thepins 2i intersect, and the radii of the pins in respect to thecenters are not the same, from which it results that. one' of the pins2i 'drives the lever l'l through an'arc of one length and then'clearsit. and another pin drives the lever i'l through an arc of anotherlength and then clears it. In consequence of this the platen is advancedin stages fordifferent distances. The pins Ii are shown as of the springretracted variety and as mounted in sockets provided in the type wheel.I) is a master pin-mounted in the driving element ll, audit is of thespring pressed variety and is normally withdrawn clear of the clutchpins ii. The master pin 28 is adapted to project anyone of the clutchpins that has been turned into line with it. The heads 24 of the clutchpins II are large enough to allowof this notwithstanding that the pinsare eccentrics]- ly arranged. The handle 25, pivoted at" tothe drivingelement It, Fig. 3, is a'means for projecting the master pin 23. Thedash and dot line a, in Hg. 6 indicates the location ofthe nm u v Forthe application of gold or metal leaf, 8, there is provideda swingin arm21' carrying a reel is and a guide ll havingan opening 30 thereinthrough which the printing is done. There is on the platen a spring IIthat holds the leaf indicated by dottedline b, so that when the platen-lis turned, theleaf is fed. The type'are kept suiiiciently warm by anelectric heater 82, Pig. 6, supplied with current, for example, by theconductors. II and contact rings and brushes I.

The fine radial lines c, Fig.4, show that the following'edg'es of thetype and the pins II which pertainto the type are diametricallyopposite.

Sometimes it is desirable to provide for feeding the book at along thebar ,and referring tol'igs. 15 to 18, and ll'ig. 1 a description will begiven of onetype of means for that purpose. Through the platen l andthrough one trunnion thereof extend a pair of sleeved rods Ii and 52arranged for endwise'movement. These rods are flttedwith pushers II andI4 by means of which the book, or other obiect. is pushed along 4|,Fig.18. The rod ll may be hand 52 towards the left in Fig. 15 the innerspool It is moved toward the right in respect to the 'outer spool"clearing the spring fingers II and then both spools and the rod '2 aremoved towards the left pushing the object if in that direction. To pushthe spools it and '1 there is a spring retracted shipper rod l pivotedat Bl, Fig. 16, and provided with a fork II, engaging a plate I! whichoperates upon the head of the outer spool I; there is also anotherspring retracted shipper rod", pivoted intermediate of its ends on therod II, as at II, and it engages an annular groove in the head of theinner spool ll. The shipper-rods O0 and II are operated respectively byarms Cl and l} hpon sleeved vertically arranged turntable-shafts havingat their upper ends arms 01 and 88. The arm I is in'range of the arm IIand of a projection-ll on the rocker frame,'l 'lg. 1. After the framehas been rocked to print, the projection I turns'ar'm s1 releasing thespring fingers "by the withdrawal of the inner spool it, and the arm IIturns-the arm ll, causing the spring fingeiis Us to engage the teeth IIand shift the The mode of operation may be described as follows and thedescription will be given in connection with printing the title or othermatter on the back of a book d, although such use is descriptive, andthe invention is applicable to classes of work too numerous to mention.

' The push rod I! is'pushed to free the'platen driving clutch, and bymeans of the handle 86. the platen is turned counter-clockwise in Fig. 2sufliclently far-to provide for the proper spacing of'a particulartitle-on the back of a book. The pointer 81 and the scale 80, Figs. 2and 22, are useful for this purpose. The type wheel with the parts inthe position generally indicated in acter tobe printed, opposite thepointer ll.

Then the handle 2! is pressed toward the handle ll causing a pincorresponding to the letter selected to be projected into the path ofthe wall 22 of the lever ll. Then the rockers ll are rolled on the frameby means of the'handle H with the result that'the lever i1 is turned fora distance appropriate for turning the platen 4 into proper position forreceiving the print from the character ll. Before the printing occurs,the lever II, when released, is retracted by a spring ll to normalposition but the platen remains ln'the position into which it has. beenturned. The described movements are repeated for additional lettersuntil the title is completed. In the case of a book, it may be mountedon the platen by turning the bracket or arm 21 out of the way and byarranging the bar ll through thespaoe between the back of the leavesand'the back of the cover, as indicated in Pig. 5,? or the leaves maynot be b'ound in the cover, as indicated in Fig. 4.

- The construction and mode of operation of the modification'shown inFigs. 12 t0 ldare as abovedescribedemoeptthattherockersare" platen isadapted to receivl a hat" sweat band."

In mg. 12" theletters "ar arranged crosswise oi the 'band -a nd"iirFiJ13-" the letters areL-ar;

flne lines c have the 'same significance as the lines cm 'Fig. 1 butthey lead from the end of element l2- and itsfree end is afiorded upanddown motion by means of the-slot 2 I and spring centered movable box 2l.The holes 2, through the character wheellii, through which the pin' 2passes, are provided with funnel shaped inlets disposed at diflerentradiuses from the center of revolution of the 'part l3, Fig. 20. In thatfigure-the dotted line indicates that some part of the opening of thefunnel shaped inlets is opposite the'normal position of the pins, intactthe dotted line may be taken to indicate the normal position of the pinwhen centered by the spring pressed box 21. The result is that the endof the pin' will enter any opening that is placedjopposite it. V

Reterringto Fig, 17 it may be remarked that 11 is a stop eccentricallypivoted and'heId when adjusted by the springtlflc The purpose of thestop is to limit'movement of the element 59 and in that way limit theextent of sliding movement of book (1.

It will be obvious to those skilled'in the art to which the inventionrelates that modifications may be made in details of constructionandarrangelnent and matters of mere formwithout departing from thespirit of the invention which is not limited to such matters orotherwise than the prior art and the quire.

I claim: 7 g 1. A machine oi the type described comprising, incombination, a base provided with a toothed rack, a turnable platenmounted in the base and having means for turning it-in one direction, a

shalt, toothedrrockers supporting said shaft and adapted to roll on therack, a driving element last on the-shaft, a character wheel turnableinrespect to the driving element, a lever turnably mounted about a centerspaced from the center of the driving element, means adapted to actuatethe turning means of the platen from said lever, a pin cooperatingwiththe character wheel to lock it in different positions to thedriyingelement, said pin being movable difierentdistances from the center of"the character wheel and adapted for, projection to cooperate with saidlever for moving the lever different distances and then releasing it,and means for actuating pin mechanism movable difierent distances fromthe center of the character wheel and adapted for-projection into thepath of the lever so; that movement or the character wheel moves the lever diflerent distances, whereby the extent of appended claims may re--width of the character i-tOib printedzzakthe fiieed 1 of;- the. platenis -coordinatednwithaithe 3. a machine' otthe,type describedcomprising)fin combination a base piovidedr withrz a itoothed rackpa turnable-platen mounted in "the ranged lengthwise of the band. In Fig. 14the"-base"and having meansforfaturning itvin onedi--:=

;rection,-a shait, toothed rockers supporting shalt-andadaptedxtoirollon: the rack, a driving element fast on the shaft, acharacter wheel turnable in respect to the driving element, a leverturnably mounted about a center spaced from the center of the drivingelement, means adapted to actuate the turning means oi the platen fromsaid lever, a pin cooperating with the character wheel to lock it indiil'erent positions to the driving element, said pin being movablediil'erent distances from the center 01' the character wheel and adaptedfor projection to cooperate with saidrlever for moving the leverditferent distances and then releasingit, means for actuating the pin, astationary'scale, and means for initially setting said platen relativeto said scale toadjust the platen for the number or characters to beused.

4. In a machineof the type recited, the combination of, a settable wheelhaving type or characters thereon, means for ail'ording the wheelamotion of translation, a platen, a lever turnable about a center spacedfrom the center of said wheel, means connecting said lever to in onedirection of rotation, and second means arranged to be operative atdifferent distances from the center of said character wheel to engage.said lever and to move it different dis-. tances depending upon thedistance of the operative secondmeans from thecenter of said -wheel andto then release said lever.

5. In a machine of the type described, an actuatingv member, an elementmovable relative to said actuating member and having a plurality of typecharacters mounted to receive the pressure of a selected one of saidtype characters, a lever connected to said platen to rotate said platenin one direction, and means operable to connect said actuating member tosaid element and to proiect from said element at different distancesfrom the center of said element and to engage said lever and to movesaid lever different distances and to disengage said lever.

6. In amachine oi the type recited, thecomso that, upon movement of saidcharacter wheel said platen is moved a se-' and said support, lecteddistance, and means actuated by movement oi! said support for movingworkendwise of said platen.

thereon, a platen 80 said platen so that said lever moves said platen 7.Ina machine of the type described, an ac- -tuating membenvan elementmovable relative to said actuating member and having a plurality of typecharacters thereon, a platen mounted to receive the pressure of aselected one of said type characters, first means 'connectedyto saidplaten for actuating saidplaten in one direction, and second means forconnecting said actuating member to said element, said second meansbeing adjustable to operate said first means to actuate said platen adistance dependingupon thewidthrof the type character se- 8. In amachine oi the type described, an

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